Gas-stove.



l TOBIAS.

ns movi Patented Dec, 22, 1914 'narran STATES iATENT OFFOE.

JOHNYM. TOMAS; OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSY V'ANIA, AssiGNOR To 'LAf'visoN MANU?v ACTURING COMPANY, OF HOMESTEAD.

PENNSYLVANIA.

1, 112i.. of.) i.

PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF GAS-STOVE.

Application filed August 17. 1911. Serial No, 644,623. i

Y 'Tu al! :rhum-'it m-z-'i/ conca/lu:

ie it known that I, Joux M. Tomas, re-

siding vvat No. 40h13, lViiidsor street. 'Pittsairgi. in the county of Allegheny and State ol iennsji'lniiiia. have. inve-ted certain new 4iid ust-ful Inil'iioi'eiiicnts in (las-Stores, of whirh the followingY is a specification.

'l'lie riniary object of this invention is to prox ide, an ellicient portable gas stove of siii-'ii i'onstruotion that substantially perfect eoialiust-ioii is obtained. renderin r a flue connertion unnecessary. 'hile. non-flue stores hare been proposei'l. iiiiperfeot eoiuhiistion` is a vpersist-etire View of' the slxneyparts thorei'zf l-eiii;f brolteiri'iwai' to illustrate the4 int-:"riitil ;ii'i:il|j f iiii-rit. llfig. .il i -r'ei'tiitil rrogs .seetii'en on line lof l"i f. l. :ind Fig. 3 is a virtifal lozighi-adiiini si-iziioioi" one eiid of the stove,

lirtori" to lludra wings. 2 and il desirr- :wie iipi sl.- eiid-foriiiing plates. nach provided with (lic foot extensions laiifl (farli haring near il@` ripper end a liaiidhold ln' means of which the. stoveA iiia be. conveniently Cari-ind. 4l`he. other essential parts ot the Stove. riz.. the bui-nvr (i. the. (coii'ib'iistioii rliaiidiei' '7. and (liu perforated sli'eobiiietal drinn oi' hood S. are. arranged between and scoured to the plates i and 5'.

The. tubular burner G extends longitudiiaalli' from and to end of the. store structure..

plate, 2. haii-nf; provided with au `opening lthroiigfh which the liiiriier is extruded, :ind u-'ili :i flange.- G' on-tlie. luirner engagingY the, outer .si'irfacn of plate. i?. This flanged eiid of thel burner also carries the iiiixer fl arid socket .l0 'to wliirli latter the las iiiain is connected. Prof .ating f'roiii the. opposiie e.\'- troi'i'iity of thev burnfr is the. dow-inraidli' disposed slotted lug l1 to \\.'hie.h'holt l is extended from plate. Il. tlierebiv seeiiriiig 1h; lirfrnei' lifxtwecn the. two end plaie...

.curved sides 13 and its curved top vportion 'l`hO'coinbiistic-n chamber of arch forni,A being disposed horizontally between plates 2 and il, and with itslends Closed-bv the.' latter. The ":hambcr is fiillyoiien at; its bottoni. and its upwardlyl aiid'inii'ardli' I4 are. peforated as shown. The combustion chamber is confined between lugs l5 and l5' ou the. inner siufaees of plates f2. and 3.

The combustion eliainh'erl is prferably formed iii two longitudinal lurli'es asshown, with lugs 16 projecting froitiftlio inner surfaces of th upper portions of' the halves andii'iee-ting each otlie r,'a n d with cavities fori'ned through the meeting edges of tlieiliigs tor- (reife. bolts l'i' which extend the eth'ioii from plates and 3. The t-wocombustion rhainber are-"fitid-vt three-.or 'more wires 18 exte the. chamber perforations and a. port-ion. and with the. partsthii with lugs ll'engaging eil-Ch o hiistion chaiiiboi' is qiiitffas-v it were ari-integral structure T eb tis 7i I together with the describe-d iiid of se ring` the` biirnoiresults i'nc0 parts together in a'rory siibstant marient Way. i

Tbovend plates 2 and 3 fiirtlierfservtq eontnc the. perforated driun'o'r which is formed preferably of shetinitalgtliiond plates beingv flanged as' shown. and with occasional lugs 19 adjacent tl'ic-Hangs'for i-orif'ining the ends of the. druirn. i'lhc'frce edges of the d riiin are. preferably' overlapped beneath the. burner at 20'tho`ii'g'b this' last 'nained feature is not essentia The general shape,l ofv the vCombustionV rammed imc. zz. 1914.

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siiidvperchamber is :inA important. characteristic ot' the. invention. The. contraeted sides operate to confine `ind deflect upwardly the flames and products of combustion. and so' hold or reta rd the latter that praotially all are. consiiiiied before. they :zin izsezi'pe. from the.,

eliaiiiber. The. coii'ibustion chamber bocoiries highly heated. ordinarily attaining a chorryrod heat. and in the. presence of such boat it will lie understood that the. l["iiodiutts aref'.-V

veri` elli-cti i'i-lv disposed ol'..".l`lie4 perforated driiin 9 fullyr incloses the cdmbustion chainbcr. forming an affective guard. as well as an attracti ve.-fiiiish for the stove- Withoiit de-. trading from its heatingr cll'ioicnciy. 0n the conti-my, thi: perforated drinn breaks up and dissominates the. lie-at curi-ents caus lugs bolt-s fastening? said Euwe to t. 7 a A b ing them to radiate from the Stove. 'm "f ous direco'nsu By forming thi. Cmnbuston chamber in two halves as shown aghi described, the mmv ufzwture .is gye-tly f-acitated, the. halves may be ilsed mm1-Cba! i1. Que mold suffices for both'.

1. In a. smve, the -;:o1\.1`nimtou 0f 'awo end upright plates, a hoizonal perforated combustion chamber, the chamber 'ming open' and wide-st at' its bottom and mntracted upwardly, he chamber ends formed with im; said. upright plates,- a peffozjated' outer she-il il cated betw'eennd conned by w said m5 plates, burner at the of ltime combustion chamba; with mea-ns fastening the ends of thev burner tp the saisi upl'ghz brperand combustion chamber combining tie. 'cogsxfer he sepz/Lmbe parts of the I f, l. the izom'nna-ton of ix and plas, :L perforated coxjnnusmn at its bottom and red at und plates and constituting v wf, the par@ assemble, a, nin 1 comblxstimx Chamber :mi the and plate and c jrnsttutng e "wLween the latter, and a "11m ska-ced fiom the combuss mf held 'm 'plne by the in waz-wenn@ of two Wtnesss.

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